About Achates Community

Why Achates Community?

Achates Community is a leadership programme for fundraisers. By this we mean it is a programme that covers all of the different components of fundraising to programme design, evaluation, writing a strategy, to working with Boards - just about everything. Designed for professional fundraisers, producers, artists and CEO's, it is a programme that recognises that fundraisers are often unacknowledged leaders and will support them in developing their skills in all of these areas as well as in being leaders both of organisations and within organisations who take a purpose-led and audience-informed approach.

When You Join Today

When you join Achates Community today, you’ll get priority access to our digital platform when it launches on 7 October with three pillars of support:

• Support and Learning: Dig into the comprehensive, expert-led video courses that cover the key components of fundraising including prospect research, strategy writing, a variety of income generation methods, board coordination, and more. These courses are specially tailored to provide you with the tools and resources to enhance your fundraising skills, enrich your understanding of income generation methodologies and help you adopt a purpose-led, audience-informed approach. Live homework webinars will give you more direct one-to-one support, answering questions that relate to your own circumstances and understanding
• The Purposeful Leader leadership Programme:  Bringing together senior leaders, professional fundraisers, producers, artists and CEOs to foster collaboration, this programme will support those who lead within the sector to develop the tools to act as the conduit through which change is enabled and purpose is realised. The PLP not only provides a platform to exchange ideas and practices but also enrich one's leadership qualities within your respective organisations.
• Join the Community Hub: Through Achates Community, connect with other fundraisers to share your knowledge, support each other and build a community of likeminded professionals. Through direct messaging, chat rooms and virtual forums, this initiative enables the sharing of expertise and the fostering of strategic thinking. The one-on-one engagements will guide you to navigate challenges in a more informed manner and we will always be on hand to help with any specific questions.